Arthritis – Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis

What is Arthritis?

Arthritis is very common problem in today’s modern generation but is not well understood. Actually, arthritis is not a single disease; it is an informal way of mentioning to joints pain or joints diseases. There are more than 100 different types of arthritis and related conditions are available. People of all ages, sexes and races can and do have arthritis problem, and it is the leading cause of disability in today’s generation. More than 50 million adults and 300,000 children have different types of arthritis. It is found that the arthritis is most common among women and occurs more frequently when they becomes older.

Common arthritis like joint symptoms includes stiffness, swelling, pain and decreased range of motion. Symptoms might come and go. They could be mild, sensible or severe. It might stay about the same for many years, and it may be in progress or get worse over time. Severe arthritis could results in chronic pain, inability to do daily doings and makes it difficult to walk or climbs the stairs. Arthritis can be the cause for permanent joint changes. These changes might be visible, such as knotted finger joints, but mostly the damages can only be seen on X-ray machines. Some types of arthritis might also affects the heart, eyes, lungs, kidneys and skin problems as well as the joints.

Causes of Arthritis

The two main types of arthritis are as follows:

What is Osteoarthritis?

The most common type of arthritis, osteoarthritis includes wear-and-tear damage to your joint’s cartilage — the hard, slick coating on the ends of bones. Adequate damage can result in bone grinding directly on bone, which causes pain and restricted movement. This type of wear and tear might occur over many years, or it can be hastened by a joint injury or infection.

What is Rheumatoid arthritis?

In rheumatoid arthritis is a type of arthritis in which the body’s immune system attacks the lining of the joint capsule, a tough membrane which encloses all parts of the joint. This lining, called as synovial membrane which becomes inflamed and swollen. The process of this disease may ultimately destroy cartilages and bones within the joint.

Symptoms of Arthritis

As there are different types of arthritis, there’s also a wide range of symptoms.
With the types of arthritis like inflammatory arthritis there’s likely to be more swelling of the joints and more variation in the joint pain which can’t be explained simply by the level of physical activity. Other common symptoms contain:

• The stiffness of joints at early morning
• Tiredness
• a general numbness of being unwell
• weight loss
• night sweats or mild fever
• rashes on the skin

In case we should remember that these symptoms aren’t specific to arthritis and can be caused by other illnesses.

The most common signs and symptoms of arthritis involve the joints. Depending on the category of arthritis you have, your signs and symptoms might contain:

• Pain on the affected area
• Stiffness on the affected area
• Swelling on the affected area
• Redness on the affected area
• Decreased range of motion on the affected area

Treatments of Arthritis

Whether you are having an inflammatory or non-inflammatory type of arthritis or even a painful situation of gout, there are numerous medications and recommendations to relieve pain and ensure that your joints do not become damaged further.

Amaria Pharmacy’s focus of treatment for arthritis is to control pain and minimize damage of joint and improve or maintain function and quality of life. The best treatment of arthritis might involve the following: